Buy-to-let

Registration open for Financial Services Expo Manchester

Front Events has revealed that visitor registration for May’s Financial Services Expo (FSE) Manchester...

Shawbrook Bank adds new products for property professionals

Shawbrook Bank is launching two new products for property professionals to make the...

Landlords banking on property for retirement income

Over 40% of landlords are putting their trust wholly in property as their means...

City of London sees 31% annual rent rise

City of London landlords are receiving £1,059 more each month than in January 2013...

Better Scottish PRS data needed

Attracting major institutional investors to the private rented homes market requires better data on...

Virgin Money improves residential offering

Virgin Money has made a series of changes across its residential mortgage range. A...

The Saffron makes criteria enhancements

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its buy-to-let and first-time buyer lending criteria. For buy-to-let,...

Beware of a buy-to-let business grab

The countdown to MMR has begun in earnest and, as our industry is prone...

Major returns for capital landlords

London landlords have seen total annual returns of 14.6% in the year to...

Cost of ‘wasted’ rent revealed

UK homeowners spend an average of £41,900 on rental payments before buying their first...

InterBay now allows BTL packaging

InterBay Commercial has announced that its top tier of Key Partners can now package...

Paragon targets portfolio landlords with new deal

Paragon Mortgages has launched a new five year fixed rate product aimed at large-scale...

Brokers bullish about buy-to-let

Brokers expect growth in buy-to-let business following an encouraging final quarter of 2013, according...

Post Office comes back into BTL market

Post Office, in conjunction with its financial services partner Bank of Ireland, has launched...

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How brokers can secure better client outcomes in a volatile market

Experience has always counted in the mortgage market. Brokers who worked through the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic, the Liz Truss mini-Budget and cost-of-living...

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

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Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...

UTB streamlines buy-to-let mortgage process with broker-focused operational changes

United Trust Bank has introduced a series of operational enhancements to its buy-to-let mortgage...

Home insurance price falls slow as market shows signs of turning

Home insurance premiums continued to fall during the second quarter of 2026, but the...

Landbay launches telephone sales team to support broker applications

Landbay has launched a dedicated telephone sales team to provide additional support to brokers...